From Steve Jobs to Jerry Yang, the tech entrepreneur joins an illustrious list of Silicon Valley leaders forced out of running the companies they built

Travis Kalanick, Uber Technologies Inc.’s co-founder, has joined an illustrious list of Silicon Valley leaders forced out of running the companies they built. He resigned late Tuesday after a group of investors pressured him to step down.

Sometimes the companies went on to staggering success after the founder’s departure. Sometimes they faltered. Sometimes, the ousted founder returned, with mixed results. Here are just a few cases of what happens when a technology company pushes out a founder.